16th Hiroshima International Symposium - Hiroshima Black rain and other radiation studies

16th Hiroshima International Symposium “Hiroshima Black rain and other radiation studies” will be held.
We would like your assistance to assemble a large group to attend.

【Date and Time】
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
9:00~

【Venue】
Hiroshima University Kasumi Campus
Kojin Kaikan Meeting Room (2F)

【Sponsor】
Hiroshima University Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine
Division of Radiation Bio-Medical Informatics
Department of Environmetrics and Biometrics, Department of Radiation Biophysics

【Co-hosts】
Hiroshima University Institute for Peace Science
Hiroshima University Archives

【Organizers】
Masaharu Hoshi, Megu Ohtaki
(Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Japan)

  【Program】

9:00 Greetings: Masaharu Hoshi (Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Japan)
[Morning Session] Chair: Masayoshi Yamamoto (Low Level Radioactivity Laboratory, Kanazawa University, Japan),
Hiroaki Katayama (Radiation Effects Research Foundation)
9:15 Roza Buleukhanova (Research Institute of Radiation Medicine and Ecology, Semey, Republic of Kazakhstan)
“Vegetative regulation disturbances of functioning visceral systems at exposed persons of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site”
9:35 Mohd Rodzi Ali (Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Japan)
“Evaluation of Background Radiation Level in Peninsular Malaysia Using ESR Tooth Measurement”
9:55 Kassym Zhumadilov (Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Japan)
“Tooth enamel ESR dosimetry study of Stepnogorsk city residents”
10:15 Atsushi Kondo (Department of Applied Physics Faculty of Science Okayama University of Science, Japan)
“Background ESR doses of Japanese residents to be subtracted from retrospective accidental doses”
10:35 Coffee break
Chair: Megu Ohtaki (Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Japan),
Kassym Zhumadilov (Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Japan)
10:50 Meirat Bakhtin (Radiobiological Scientific Center, Astana Medical University JSC, Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana)
“Radon problem in the Northern region of Kazakhstan”
11:10 Neil Whitehead (Whitehead Associates, Lower Hutt, New Zealand)
“Sociological techniques. How they were used in the M7.1 Christchurch, New Zealand earthquake, and their application in Semipalatinsk, and possibly for the Black Rain”
11:30 Zhaxybay Zhumadilov (Astana Medical University JSC, Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana)
“The utility of focus group interviews to improve estimates of thyroid radiation dose of the population exposed in 1949–1962 to fallout from Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in Kazakhstan”
11:50 Discussion
12:00 Lunch
[Afternoon session] Chair: Tetsuji Imanaka (Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University, Japan),
Zhaxybay Zhumadilov (Astana Medical University JSC, Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana)
13:30 Sergey Shinkarev (Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center, Moscow, Russia)
“Methods and input data to be used in reconstruction of individual doses to the Semipalatinsk historical cohort subjects”
13:50 Kazuko Shichijo and Toshihiro Takatsuji (Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan)
“Alpha-emitters in specimen of atomic bomb victims at Nagasaki”
14:10 Tetsuji Tonda (Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Japan)
“Visualized geographical distribution of mortality in cohort study of Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors”
14:30 Keiko Otani (Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Japan)
“Estimation of effect of length of having Atomic bomb survivor’s health handbook on mortality”
14:50 Coffee break
Chair:Toshihiro Takatsuji (Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan),
Sergey Shinkarev (Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center, Moscow, Russia)
15:00 Masayoshi Yamamoto (Low Level Radioactivity Laboratory, Kanazawa University, Japan)
“Trial to evaluate close-in fallout concerning “black rain” through the measurements of 137Cs and Puisotopes in soil samples taken under houses built within 1-3 years after the Hiroshima atomic bombing”
15:20 Evgeniya Granovskaya (Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Japan and Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center, Moscow, Russia)
“Estimation of qualitative composition of the fallout particles in the Hiroshima black rain area”
15:40 Tetsuji Imanaka (Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University, Japan)
“Review of residual radiation survey during the early stage after the Hiroshima bombing”
16:00 Nobuo Takeichi (Hiroshima Takeichi clinic)
“Hiroshima Black rain and thyroid”
16:20 Discussion
Chair: Sergey Shinkarev (Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center, Moscow, Russia),
Noriyuki Kawano (Institute for Peace Science, Hiroshima University, Japan),
Satoru Endo (Department of Quantum Energy Applications, Graduated School of Engineering, Hiroshima University),
Tetsuji Imanaka (Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University, Japan)
16:50 Closing remarks: Megu Ohtaki (Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Japan)

 

【Contact】
Hiroshima University Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine
Department of Radiation Biophysics
1-2-3 Minami-ku Kasumi, Hiroshima-shi 734-8553
TEL: 082-257-5890
FAX: 082-257-5873


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